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WGUS54 KLCH 181444
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LAC009-039-079-097-181800-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
944 AM CDT THU JUN 18 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL AVOYELLES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
NORTHEASTERN EVANGELINE PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN RAPIDES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
NORTH CENTRAL ST. LANDRY PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 100 PM CDT.
* AT 944 AM CDT, THE PUBLIC REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN IN MARKSVILLE, MANSURA, BUNKIE, AND BIG CANE. BETWEEN 3 AND 8
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...PUBLIC REPORTED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
MARKSVILLE, BUNKIE, CHENEYVILLE, MORROW, BORDELONVILLE, BAYOU
CURRENT, COTTONPORT, MANSURA, HESSMER, EVERGREEN, BIG CANE, ECHO,
WHITEVILLE, BROUILLETTE, INDIAN LAKE, LEBEAU, LAKE OPHELIA
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE AND ST. LANDRY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 3115 9221 3128 9201 3123 9199 3125 9195
3122 9194 3123 9192 3129 9194 3129 9189
3119 9168 3112 9172 3111 9190 3104 9203
3092 9212 3085 9201 3096 9180 3086 9182
3079 9177 3066 9211 3104 9249
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
TINGLER
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